In Q3 Norilsk Nickel produced 87 thousand tons of copper, down by 4% QoQ. Copper output of own raw materials dropped by 5%, to 82 thousand tons. The decrease is explained by the low copper content in the raw materials and the assembly works at the Talnakh Processing Factory. In January-September Nornickel produced 264 thousand…

In January-September Bratsk Aluminum Works produced 752 thousand tons of aluminum, almost flat YoY. The same situation was observed at Sayanogorsk Works, which produced 395 thousand tons. Irkutsk Aluminum Works increased output by 1.2% YoY, to 310 thousand tons, Krasnoyarsk Works – by 1.6%, to 768 thousand tons, Khakasskiy Works – by 1.6%, to 219…

On November 9, the employees of the Lviv Coal Company intend to stop supplying coal because of the salary debts. According to the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, the employees of the coal processing company haven’t been paid salary for 3.5 months. The factory processes coal mined by Lvivugol and Volynugol. On November 10,…

In January-September ChTPZ exported some 5 thousand tons of pipes to Poland. The pipes will be used in mine construction or sold in regions. The company supplies 57-219 mm diameter seamless hot-rolled pipes with 4-16 mm wall thickness and 10-89 mm diameter cold-deformed pipes with 1-4 mm wall thickness. The company share in Russian exports…

In January-October Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works produced 9.25 million tons of concentrate, down by 3.6% YoY. According to the company statement, its sinter output went up by 26.5% YoY, to 1.73 million tons. In October UGOK produced 1.03 million tons of concentrate and 227.6 thousand tons of sinter, up by 17.3% and by 52.6%…

Zaporizhstal has stopped its blast furnace No. 3 for a massive overhaul, which it plans to carry out in 150 days. Investments in the project total 1.5 billion UAH. For the past 5 years Zaporizhstal has invested some 5.6 billion UAH into environment modernization of its assets. In particular, the main projects are the new…

Evraz Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works intends to equip its blast furnace No. 2 with the dust control unit. The company has announced an open tender for the design of the BF2 modernization. The offers are expected until November 23. According to the company statement, the goal of the project is to decrease pollution resulting…

In October the Russian Railways shipped 103.4 million tons of cargo, down by 3.3% YoY. Local shipping dropped by 6.8%, exports went up by 3.7%. Coal transportation totaled 28 million tons, down by 4.5%, iron and manganese ore – 8.9 million tons, down by 5.4%. At the same time ferrous scrap transportation went up by…

The state will invest 250-300 million UAH into the construction of Novovolynskaya No. 10 mine in 2017, thus putting it into operation, energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said. Novovolynskaya No. 10 mine is expected to produce 900 thousand tons of coal per year, its reserves are estimated at 37 million tons, thus it…

According to the company statement, Zhevago resigned on October 19. His office ended on November 3. He has been in the supervisory board for 20 years, but directly owns no PGOK shares. (Ukrainian metal)

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has started construction of a new sinter plant as part of its long-term development strategy announced in November 2015 to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Commissioning of the new sinter plant will provide MMK’s blast furnaces with high-quality sinter produced using state-of-the-art energy-saving and environmentally safe technologies. The new plant…

NLMK Group, an international steel producer with operations in Russia, Europe and the USA, is opening NLMK Europe’s Project Office, a new division for integrated planning and implementation of investment programs at the group’s European facilities. Konstantin Lagutin, NLMK Group’s VP for Investment Projects, said: “The new project office will allow us to integrate our…

Metal output in January-September decreased by 5.8% YoY, against the 6.5% increase in January-September 2015. According to the National Statistic Service, ferromolybdenum output went up by 8.1% YoY, to 4614 tons, with 718 tons produced in September, up by 12% MoM. Molybdenum concentrate production increased by 0.5% YoY, to 7970 tons, with 925 tons produced…

In January-September Raspadskaya, a major coking coal producer within Evraz Group, received 8.22 billion rubles of net profits, as compared to 2.8 billion rubles of losses last year. The company revenue totaled 5.89 billion rubles, down by 17.9% YoY (7.17 billion rubles). Its EBITDA increased to 8.87 billion rubles from the losses of 3.49 billion…

“In a year and a half we intend to double coal output in Ukraine”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik announced. All the salary debts to miners will be cleared by January 1, 2017, he added. “The ministry has fulfilled its obligations on settling salary payments, and we expect miners to honor…